J. W. YOCUM, Editor. VOLUME MIL NUMBER 6.1 THE COLUMBIA SPY, TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION WEEKLY, 00 per year, if paid in advance; six months, SI if not paid until the expiration of the year, $2.50 will be charged. .iINGLE COPIES - - - - - No paper will be discontinued until all arrear ages are paid, unless at the option of the editor. Advertisements not under contract, must be marked the length of time desired, or they will be continued and charged for until ordered out. special Notices per cent. more. All Notices or Advertisments in reading mat ter, under ten lines, $1.00; over ten lines, 10 cts. per line, minion type. Yearly Advertisers discontinuing their adver tisements before the expiration of the year, will be charged at full rates as above, or according to contract. Transient rates will be charged for all matters o! relating stricti , f is their biwiness. All advertising will be considered CASH, after first nsertion. ATTORBIVIS AT LAW. S. STEIN3MTZ. CAST LC: STEINMETZ, EWE= No. 14 NORTH - . DUKE ST., LANCASTER, PA ebLG-tf P ESH \ O (. .tree with Hon. I. E. if I , ster,) WORTH DUKE c.ksTEn, PA fr• D N. 11 St.):1,1'1I D 'I , :EI ST., 1."1.-ct2. It• 14.111-11. I:Auvi.r. , ,lA.N, • Collections znadc in Lancaster and adjoining Pensions, Bounty, Bach Pay, and all claims li gatst the government promptly prosecuted. • once—NO.23i, Locust street. 1 NV I! COLUMBIA. PA OFFICE—SPY Building, B:Lnk Stree , , near Locust. Collections made in Lancaster and adjoining counties. iffENRY C. G REBER, No 52S Washington street, near Sixth, Reading. Ps- Collections made in Perlis and adjoining counties. uov27-tt LT . M. NORTH, Columbia, ra. Collections promptly made in Lancaster and 'lock Counties. THOMAS J. DAVIS, Attorney-at-Law Si Notary Public, No. 11 North Duke Street, Lancaster, Pa. Professional Business carefully and prompt ly attended to. tact:Mß-if p P. ROSEI.IMILLER, JR.., ATTOWSTEY-AT-LAAV OFFICE.—No. 5 Court Avenue, Lancaster, Ptt JOHN N. GRIDER, JUSTICE OF THE PEACE, SCRIVENER, 6:c. Mountville, Lancaster County, Pa. aT,. °lace Hours from 6 to 8 o'clock, A. H., and 7 to 6 o'clock, P. H. Air . CLARK, LVJL JUSTICE OF THE PEACE. OFFICE—No. 12 N. Third street. flours—F; milli to 7 A. M. 12 to 1 P. H, sod - Vona - 6 to 9 -'" ,Lueol-69-tfw .SAMUEL EVANS, jUSTICE OF THE - PEACE. Omer, ou Secord St., adjoining, Odd Fellows gall, Columbia, I-4. D ENTAL SURGERY J. S. SMITH, DIUSITIT, Graduate ,f Pennsylvania College of Dental Surgery. Office No. 210 Locust Street 2nd door above Odd 'Fellows , Waal, Columbia, Penn'a. Dr. J. S Smith thanks his frzeuds and the pub lic in general for their liberal patronage in the past, and assuring them that they can rely upon having every attention given to them in the future. In every branch of his profession he has aluays given entire satisfaction. lie calls attention to the unsurpas.ssed style and finish of artificial teeth inserted by him. He treats diseases common to the mouth and. teeth of children and adults. Teeth filled with the great est care and in the most approved manner. Aching teeth treated and tilled to last for years. The best of dentrillees and mouth washes con stantly on hand. N. 13.—A1l work warranted. sep4-611-IYw s. SMITH. D. D. S. A J. GULICK, SURGEON 1) ENTIST, Estrach, Teeth without Pahl. Nitrous Oxide or Laughing Ea, aaniinktored. Ok•Foi:E iS LOCUST STREET. twptl.6”-tfw IL) C. lINSELD, _D. TEACHER OF MUSK; o, ORGAN, MELODEON. CULTIVATION or the VOICE and SINGING. :ripecial attention given Beginners and young puptis. sopt 219 LOCUST STREET 1 - . Z. 11.01:W ER, DENTIST Nitrous Oxide Gas administered in the extrac- - - - - non of Teeth. Office— Front Street, next door to R. Williams' Drag Store, between Locust and Walnut Streets, (301UIllilia Pa. H PHYSICIAN. S SURGEON; otrers his professional services to the citizens ot. Columbia and vicinity. He may be found at the °dice connected with his residence, on Second street, between Cherry and Union, every day, from 7toil A. M., and from 0 to BP. M. Persons wi>ning his services in special cases, between these hours, will lea: , e word by note at his ollice, or thrmudi tile nest office. sept-70 REAL ESTATE AGENCY The undersigned have opened an oflice for the purchase and sale of real estate, collection of rents, and the renting of property. Business entrusted to their care will meet with prompt and careful attention. ZIEGLER. ect:3o-'69-tfi A. J. KAUFFMAN. TO BUILDERS AND OTHERS rsuilding, paving and other brick always on hand. They are hand made and superior to any brick in this part of the country. They are of teredat the very lowest price. sep 4-69-tf%v) MICHAEL LIPHART. EMAIMI READ! READ! The undersigned having bought the entire stock of LADIES' BOOTS & SHOES, In the Store Room formerly carried on by JAMES SIMOEDEV., No. 1-IS LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA., :Is now ready to sell all kinds of LADIES' BOOTS & GAITERst, MISSES' BOOTS A GAITDRS, CIIILDRENS BOOTS S GAITERS, :AA cheap es any other stand in Columbia. La dies' Boots and Gutters made to order. Irn_ Repairing of all kinds neatly done. Don't forget. the puce. Give us a call! issue 184570-uu A. G. GUILES. HOTELS. '" CONTINENTAL." 'TR:IS HOTEL IS PLEASA N TLY LOCATED, between the Stations of the Reading and Coluru and Pennsylvania Railroads. 'FRONT STREET. COLUMBIA, PA. Amine accommodations for Strangers and Tray elers. The Bar is stocked with CHOICE LIQUORS, And the Tables furnished with the best fare. [IRISH FINDLEY, Propriet.,r. sepl-G9 7 tfwl FR ANKLIN HOUSE, - LOCUST ST., COLUMBIA, PA. Thli Is it II rst-clews hotel, and is In every respect adapted to meet, the wishes and desires or the traveling public. AL.A.H.TIN ERWIN, sepl-70 Proprietor, F REICCII'S HOTEL, On the European Plan, opposite City Hall Park ew York. It. FItr....NCH, Sept. 19,1965. Proprietor. TOUR PLUNTISii DU.NE AT " r the "SPY" Office. • " +, MISCELLANEOUS. NO. 13. SHREINER'S FIVE CENTS. Where you can buy a first rate AMERIC&N, ENGLISH OR SWISS BEAUTIFUL SETS OF JEWELRY, HAND SOME BREAST PINS, BAIL RINGS, SLEEVE BUTTONS, and almost everything in the Jewelry Ime AT THE LOWEST PRICE Or you can purchase FINE SILVER AND SILVER PLATED SPOON'S, FORKS, KNIVES CASTORS, GOBLETS, ICE PITCHERS, BUTTER DISHES &c. &c. Then If you are In WANT OF TIME you can buy any kind of AMERICAN CLOCK, warranted of the best quality, at a low figure CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF Sept-kwtll N 0.13 Front St , Columbia, Pa EMI! B. KEVINSKI, DE,\ LER PIANOS, ORGANS, MELODEONS AND MUSICAL INSTRUMENTS GENERALLY. A large assortment of Violin., Flutes, Guitars, Banjos, Tainliormes, Aceordeons, Files, Har 111011leaS, oud MUSiCa/ alarellandiSC always on hand. SI-lEET MUSIC. A large stock on hand, and constantly receiving all the latest public •Lions as soon as issued. Music and Musical Books will be sent by mail free of postage, when the market price Is remit ted. DACALCOMANIA, Or the Art of transferring Pictures.' C n be transferred on any object. I would call special attention of the Coach makers to my stock of Dacalcoxnania. STEINWAY S: SON'S PIANOS, PRINCE & CO'S., & :NEEDHAM & SON'S CELESRA CI I) ORGANS AND MELODEONS. Sole Agent for Stoll's Unrivaled PIANO FORTE ANDFURNITUREPOLISH. Call and examine my stock at NO. 3 NORTH PRINCE STREET JASPER GREEN, Designer A: Engraver on Wood COLUMBIA, PA. Is prepared to execute Views of Buildings, Ma chinery, Bill Heads, Posters, Labels, &c., in the neatest and most expeditious manner, at rea sonable rates. BOOK AND NEWSPAPER ILLUSTRATIONS Executed in the Highest Style of Art. may"7o-tf Ci_ARDEN, FLOWER AND GRASS SEED S —AT - J. A. MEYERS', .FAMILY MEDICINE STORE, ODD FELLOTVS' BALL, Our Stock is composed ENTIRELY of Seeds front the celebrated Philadelphia Seedsmen, D. LANDRETH ,c SON". We have NONE other on hand, and hav ing, closed out every package of last season's stock, we eituirantee all to be FRESD AND GENUINE, And will sell them at Landreth's prices. B.—Having removed my residence to house No. 'CI NORM SECOND ST., formerly occupied by Mr. Jacob Hess, any of my friends requiring Medicine during the night, will please call there. J. A. mEyErts, sept.4'69.-tfwi Odd Fellows' Hall. STEAM . COACH . WORKS. ... _ C R MYES, COLUMBIA ST} AM COACH WORKS! REMOVED TO Nos. 9, 11 AND 13 NORTH sth STREET. The Carriages, Buggies, &c., made at these Works, are equal in beauty and durability to any other make lu the county. COACH SMITHING, REPAIRING, .S c. This branch of the business will be attended to with punctuality and despatch. CHILDREN'S CARRIAGES, Wagons, &e., for sale or made to order. tra.. Call at the Works No. 9. 11 & 13 North Filth street and examine the stock and prices. seps-69-tfw OPEN ! OPENING OPENED THIS DAY. THIS WEEK AND UNTII.FURTNER ORDERS, BR HI IN - E M A_ _IN ' S 128 Locust Street, THE LARGEST STOCK OF HATS AND CAPS, For Men, Youth and Children, ever before offer ed to the people of CORITII bia, comprising as it does, STY Lb) and QUALITY in soft and still huhu, such as the Warwick, Ida Lewis. Sinbad, Pt lace Arthur, American Girl, Kute, Peerless. Lady Thorn, Rowing, Star, Cuuan, Waverly, Gilmore, nob Roy, and the Fall -style of Silk Hats, Just out, together with a full stuck of GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS, Consisting of White and Colored Shirts, Flannel Shirts and Drswers,English, German and Do mestie hosiery, Gloves, Handkerchiefs, Sus penders, Ties, Linen and Paper Culls and Col lars, Sc. Also, UMBRELLAS AND CANES Parties who favor us with their patronage are assured that it will be our constant abs to merit their confidence and support. Call and examine our well selected stock at at low prices. BRENEMAN'S No. 12S Locust Street, Columbia, nt 0ct9.'69-1y FINE FAMILY GROCERIES, AT lIAIMMAN'S! Just received, at the tine Grocery Establish ment, corner 3rd and Cherry streets, the follow ing new Goods: SUGAR CURED HAMS AIND DRIED REEF JELLIES, PRESERVES, TOMATOES, ENGLISH PICKLES, NV INSLOWSGHEEN COi OMM3I=I Together with a very line assortment of Family Groceries, of all kinds A LARGE LOT OF NEW YORE: CANDIES, FOREIGN FRUITS, Oranges, Lemons, Figs, Raisins, Cocoanuts, and White Wine Vinegar. Extra Family Flour, Mercer Potatoes, Rio and Java Coffee, , fresh roasted, Lovering's Syrup, &e. *3,-New oods received almost daily. WM. H. HARDMAN, 3rd and Cherry Sts. Columbia, Columbia, 11a. sep4-69-tfw] NO. 13 ES THE PLACE WATCH CUAS. P. SHREINER'S I= I=l LANCASTER, PA ocLIG.'69-13 HON EY, PEACHES COLUMBIA, PA.., S_A_TITR - DA. - Y . MORNING, OCTOBER 1, 1870. NEW AD VERTIS_EMENTS. EDWARD J.-------- ZAHM, JEWELLER ! (Late 11. L. ‘t E. T. Zahm,) Cor. N. Queen St., 4.t: Centre Square LANCASTER, PA. Dealer in AA: Watches, Clocks, Jewelry • SILVER WARE, tLI • Spectacles, best quality Silver- A. Plated Ware, Thermometers. -A -- • 11S Personal and prompt attention given to Watch Work and 'Repairing. Remember the OLD STAND, ZAIIM'S CORNER, North Queen Street and Centro Square, LANCASTER, PA. maY7 ' 7O 1 yr COAL ! COAL!! COAL !! ! The undersigned is now prepared to sell Coal of all sizes; received from the best mines in the State, and guaranteed to be of superior quality. It is from the Veins of the Celebrated BALTIMORE CO. & LEE MINES at Wilkes barre ; well prepared, and free of slate and dirt. The price net ton of 2000 lbs., on Wharf at Basin: For No. 1 or Grate, $5.00. " " a' or Egg . , cc " 3or Stove, 5.25. " " 4or Small Stove, 5.25. " " 5 or Chestnut, 4.75. The above prices are for the Month of May. Terms Cash before delivery. The reputation of the above named Coals is a sufficient guarantee of their quality; and as I deal in no other, the public can rest assured they are as represented. AMOS S. GREEN, Act., For Scvq. - nell e,Garre. CEMEIM PLATA/VC/AL. INTERESTS ON DEPOSITS. The COLUMIMA NATIONAL BASK will pay interest on Deposits as follows: For 1 tt 2 Months, 4 per cent. 3, 4 6; 5 41 • " 0,7, 8, 9 6:10 " 5 " 111 S.: 12 5A marlo'7o-ly SAMUEL SIIOCIX, Cashier. E -I IR ST NATIONAL BANK OF CO , LUMBIA, Interest Pahl on Special Deposits as follows 4 per cent. for 30 or 60 days. 4 1-2 per cent. tor 90 days and • under 6 months. 5 per cent.. for 6 month and under 11 months. 5 1-2 per cent for n at 12 months. S. S. DET WEILER, Cashier B. FRANK SAYLOR & pHOTOGRAPHEES, ./To. 26 West King Street, LANCASTER, RENN'A We aim to satisfy all our patrons, as well as give them work, which favorably compares with that done in the best galleries. COPYING PICTURES Into any size, of deceased or absent friends, is made a specialty with u. FRAMES, ALBUMS, and all things in our line always on hand. A% Remember the Photographers, No. 2.13 West King St., Lancaster D. FRANK StYLOR. THE CHEAPEST AND THE BEST CONFECTIONERY SALOON ! xo. 25... N: Queen St., Laucaster, Is the best place to procure your supplies of ALL KINDS OF CONFECTIONERY, CAKES, CANDIES, .tc. s Parties and others served promptly at shortest notice TO TIIE PUBLIC The undersigned having purchased the Jewelry Store, formerly occupied by Spering, announce to the public or Columbia and vicini ty, that they have now open at IN.To. 39 FRONT STREET, A large and full stock of Clocks, Watches X; Jewelry, Which they will sell at lowest prices F O R CAsir. We ask you to examine our stock as it Will cost you . . NOTHING We make it a specialty to have constantly on hand a Stock of CLOCKS and WA l'OttE.S, p. r lectly regulated and ready for Immediate use. E. MASSEY SON., No. 39 Front St.„ Columbia. npl3o "70-t I] pAilthic GUANO CO. CAPITAL. $1,000,000. JOHN S. REESE & CO., GENERAL AGENTS, OFFICES 122 South Delaware Ave., Phil•a. 10 South Street, Baltimore. AS`OLUBLP PACIFIC GTJ A__ . 0 . No Fertilizer introduced to the Farmers of the Middle and Southern States has given more general and uniform satisfaction than this (JUAN a The trade in it has steadily increased unt il the consumption now throughout :Ile entire country far exceeds that of any "*.:suer Fertilizer. The large capital involve°. in Its production affords the surest guaran"...ee of its continued. ex cellence. The ComP".ny has a far greater in terest 11l the pretu:lnance 01 its trade than any number of cons . :aners can have; hence it Is the highest inter;:st 01 the Company to put the best Fertilize: into market, that their unusal aided by the heat scientific ability can produce. This Guano Is sold at retail by Local Agents of the Company throughout New Jersey, Dela ware, Pennsylvania and the Southern States and at wholesale by JOHN S. REESE 4.C: CO., General Agents for the Company. GEO. BOGLE, Agent. Columbia. Pa Jul% 2.3-3ni IMPORTANT TO INVENTORS AND PATENTEES. INVENTORS' AND PATENTEES' Bazaar and Sales Ilocims 529 Chestnut St., Phiiadetpkia. BARBER, & CO. No FEES IN ADVANCE. The undersigned would respectfully inform the public that they have opened an establishment under the above title, where Inventors, Paten tees ,and Owners of Patents are free to resort for the negotiation of the sales of their Inven tion and Patents. The feature of this Bazaar consists In this, that Inventors, Patentees and Owners of Pat ents and Inventions uuty transact their busi ness and effect stiles themselves, without any interference. on the part of the Proprietors, On such sales they charge no commission whatever nor do they ask registration or like fees, nor any commissions In advance, believing it to be lair to ask pay for services not yet rendered. But if any of their Patrons desire to employ them as their personal agents, for the sale of their Interests, the Proprietors will then charge such commissions as many he mutually agreed upon. The only charge made by this Establish ment is for the Storage of Models and .3lachin ery of all size, on exhibitions therein, as follows: Fitom TWENTY-FIVE (25) CENTS TO ONE DOL LARS PER WEEK PER SQUARE FOOT OF SPACE. For this very small compensation the Models and Machines are kept in good order and their Workings completely explained to the numer ous visitors or the Bazaar and brought forward to the best advantage. with a view to prepar ing the Nay to eventual sales. An experienced PATENT LAWYER, and an able CoN.SULTING ENGINEER, are attached of this establishment, thus enabling the under signed to procure, at all times, the best legal and practical advice to their Patrons. The Patronage (gall: is respectfully solicited. BARBER & CO., MO Chestnut St., Philadelphia, Pa P.O. Box 1S7:1 FOR FANCY JOB PRINTING CALL AT THIS OFFICE. "NO ENTERTAINMENT SO CHEAP AS HEADING, NOR ANY PLEASURE SO LASTING." N_EIV ADVEBTIS_EMENTS. NEV POTTERY. I 'flie undersigned have opened up a t rottery in Elbow Lane, between Fifth and Sixth Sts., sign of the Big Jug, where they will 1111 all or ders in this line of business. The patronage of the public solicited. seplo-1y) WESLEY, SWEENY& 8110 ALLEN RICHARDS, PLAIN AND DECORATIVE Paper Hanger and Varnisher, No. 152 LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, PA 11l Samples of paper constantly on hand Call and examine. [Julyl6•7o-Iy. LINDEN LIALL, Moravian Seminary for Young Ladies. The 77th ANNUAL TERM opens AUGUST, 1870. For Circulars and Catalogues, address REV. EUGUI4E A. FRUEA.ISFF, aug2o4B Litiz, Lancaster Co., Pa. 8300 IrENST.A_RD 'WHEREAS, a certain person having in his ser r vice a number of BUMMERS and LOAFERS who go about as his tasters aad spies, has pub lic:Any prononneed my MILER to be of au Inte rior quality to his own, I make the followiag proposition: Let samples of the beer brewed and offered for sale by myself, and that sold by the person alluded be subjected to chemical analysis, and a decision mane by properly qual ified Judges upon the relative quality or the Beer. - . In case the decision be made against my Beer, I will agree to pay to my competitor the .wove Itewarc., provide he will agree to iorleit, the same sum to be paid to me In case the de cision be in my favor. Will my Challenge be accepted ? HILARY ZAEPFEL. SeplU•Ctj BR EW ER. pETER FRALEY, CUSI 7 O.2IIEB Boot and Shoe Maker, No. 161 LOCUST STREET, French Calf Boots & Shoes Of the finest, material and most elaborate worl:_maship. tt FRALLEVS, 161 Locust street, BOOTS tk - siaoEs, Made with a view to great durability and neat nes and yet at very low prices At FItALEVS. 161 Locust Street. Those who find it difficult to get Boots to fit comfortably, are especially invited to call and leave their orders All kinds of Boots and Shoes, for Mews wear, node to order at short notice, At FRALEY'S, 161 Locust Street. Meu's Boots and Shoes very neatly repaired wit PRALEF'S, 1.61 Locust St. L. C. MAY MAY &.; ERWIN'S BOOK* STORE, No. 105 LOCUST STREET, COLUMBIA, Have just received a large invoice of SCHOOL BOOKS, COPY BOOKS, SLATES, INKS, PEN HOLDERS, MEE= PENS, SCITOLAWS COMPANIONS, lud everything connected with the School Department. SCHOOL DIRECTORS, TEACHERS, PARENTS, And COUNTRY DEALERS Are respealully invited to call and examine our stock. We oiler unsurprAsocti thscounts to School Directors, Teachers, and Country Deal ers, such as cannot be had at any other Book Store in the county. Also, on hand au' innu merable variety of POCKET BOOKS, WALLETS, BLANK ROOKS, MEMORANDUM BOOKS, LETTER CLIPS, RULERS, INKSTANDS PORT FOLIOS, WRITING DESKS, MUCILAGE, OIL PAINTS CAP, LETTER, NOTE AND BILL PAPER of all kinds, As well aS everything else usually kept In a first-class Book House. .11 - ext door to Post Office? Locust Street. Call and see for yourselves. No trouble to show our goods. Will open on Monday morning next, and all Scholars must be provided with the necessary SCHOOL BOOKS, COPY BOOKS, SLATES, INK., PEN lIOLDERS, PENS, SCIiOLAR'S COMPA:s.ZIONS, B 0 0 I- .s Used in our Public and Private ficbrrl.,* The pupils of the Select Sci.:oi s, Insti tute, of the Borough s , :toolb, 01 the Schools in the surrounding I':;synships and towns are In vited to call of the r r i Wright's' Cheap Book Store. And make desirable purchases. School Directors, Teachers, Parents, Scholars, Country Dealers, and revr . ribody are Invited to examine our stock. Discount to Directors and Teachers. POCKET BOOKS, BLANK BOOKS, CAP. LET TEE, NOTE AND BILL PAPER, Always on 1150(1 at WRIG-larr'S Xo. 262 Locust Street, COLUMBIA. CLASSICAL Tr\AN. I.INiScnT '‘.) TY, E:INTERS upon its seventh scholastic year on the 29th of August. Its growth has been rapid and permanent, while past success and results, in view of its present prosperous condi tion, promise enlarged usefulness for the future. .%Iready many of Its students have entered the best Colleges, or are found in the various profes sions and callings in life. This Institution not only affords opportunities to young men equal to the best Academies, but Young Ladies also enjoy SF:PI.:IIMR EDUCATIOSA A Dvas - rAu ns—a thorough and extended course in both SOLID AND ORNAMENTAL BRANCHES Special attention given to the NATilikt SCIENCES, FREER, GERMAN VOCAL Zr. IMSTRUMENTAL MUSIC, Including, thorough Buss and Itarrnon. The pupils of this School will enjoy the ad .an tages of six years' successful operation and the special attention of a lull corps of experienced TEACHERS. It IM the design of the Principal to enhance, if possible, the Efficiency of the Institut 1011, and to make it still more worthy of the patronage of the citizens of Columbia and vicinity, a School where their sons are thoroughly prepared for College or Business, and their daughters to act their panto, lite. Attainments, and not age, ie the standard of admittance. Boys from town or vicinity are admitted as boarders iron 110:sn.-ir TO FRIDAY inclusive, at reduced rates. For Circulars or further particulars, address Rev. S, 11. ALEXANDER, Principal, Columbia, Pa. Aug.6-3m CHALLENGE! COLUMBIA, PA At FRALEY'S. LEOMEM SCHOOL And all Kinds of =EIMZMiZI MENEM BM 7 g,ortr,g. MY OLD POCKET-BOOS 'Tis sad to part, for you and I Have passed through many scenes together We've seen the ups and downs of life— Its stormy and its sunny weather. We've seen that many pass by us, Because our garb is worii and seedy, Forgetting all the favors past, When we were flush and they were need) But we will speak of other things; Our past is dead with all Its glory, And is to all but you and me A stale, uninteresting story. In looking o'er the many scraps From out thy folds and secret places, What sad mementos do I find Of many long-departed faces, Here:is a note of money loaned To aid a friend in his distresses, And here—God bless her—is a lock Of little Daisy's golden tresses. And here all nicely raelrca away— A faded ribbon tied around it— The golden toy she gave to rue, Till now I never have unbound it And here and there an ancient coin, A bit of prose, a pleading sonnet, With Daa,y's sad untimely death, The " lines " a friend once wrote upon it And last, not least, a pencil sketch, The likeness of a dear loved brother, And with it—seen through bitter tears— The silver tresses of my mother, Again place Within thy folds These secret tokens °Collection, And treasure them., as themes of thought In all my hours of retrospection. `ailistellauctitio 'grading. A MOUSTACHE, AND WHAT CAME OF IT I, Alfred Troptop, was on the point of leaving home and the friends of my youth, to enter business with my uncle in Phila delphia. I was just twenty-two, and was generally thought good-looking, had re ceived a liberal education, and, altogether, might put myself down as well known and liked in New York, and a creditable mem ber of my father's establishment. Only two events had occurred to disturd the peaceful monotony of a harmless career—one, my entrance into a military company; the other the pledging of my affections to my cousin Arabella, who came for a month from Philadelphia, stayed with us, and sealed my fat, o forever. In a word, I loved, and was beloved again. I don't mind confessing that this was the main cause of my willing acceptance of a seat in her father's office in Philadelphia; and thus it came to pass that I was just on the point of beginning life in the Quaker city—l and my mustache. Hero my troub les may properly be said to have begun. Let me ho honest, and trace them at the outset to their cause. My uncle was a methodical, plodding lawyer, who lived principally in his office, and barely tolerated life out of it. Again and again had my father pressed upon me the necessity of assuming as quiet and re- .spectable a qauner as .possi And: yet, when I stepped on board the steamer which was to take me to Philadelphia, it was in a new military-looking suit, which cost nearly fifty dollars ; hair as short as scis sors could make it, and parted with the greatest precision ; and my mustache curl ing upward at the corners of my mouth, in regular military style—as the hair dresser assured me. It was a lovely morning we steamed mer rily down the bay. The water was perfect ly smooth,"the hand was playing " Land." and I saf in the stern in most ap proved military attitude, twisting my mus tache and haughtily looking about me. Arabella ! where was thy image? Alas ! confined to oblivion in my breast pocket. One look at it would have saved me. I gazed at a living, loving image near me, and was infatuated. She sat beside me, in all the fascination of a muslin dress and coquettish straw bat, with a pair of dark eyes glancing beneath it ; and I wished she would tumble overboard, straw hat and all, that I might be so happy as to rescue and enslave her forever. She belonged, so I perceived, to a stout, merry-looking old gentleman, who walked up and down, looked at the distant coast through a telescope, talked to everybody around, and was evidently in high spirits with himself and the world around goner aly. We fell into conversation. The fair onejoined in the chat and laugh. I was in Paradise. How t blessed my good fortune ! "In the army," I presume sir, said Pa terfamilias. I couldn't have denied it for the world. So I t:::,wed with dignity. The fair erea lure looked at me admiringly. The father said: "I knew it." He spoke in a loud voice and other peo ple heard him, and ho surveyed me with interest—especially a gentleman also with a mustache-and a military air, an individ ual with lreckles and eye-glass and a quiet looking person—who had the appearance of a clergyman. I mention these three for a reason which w•i1l be seen hereafter. "Tour hand, sir ; I love the military," said the old gentleman. •' A line set of fel lowfrovery'one of them. Let me see, what is your regiment ?" I hadn't studied the army list for noth- '• The I'2otl United States Smashers," I said boldly. It was Frank Gamble's old regiment. I had met him a few months back, and heard from him a good deal of it and its mess. The gentleman with tho mus tache looked at me more earnestly than ever. •• I'm a peaceable man myself," said the old gentleman. " Never fired a gun in my life; winked my eyes all the time they were shouting at the review last week ; but I love Inc military, sir; proud to make your acquaintance. Grinthie, sir, is my name, and that's toy daughter Alice. She likes an officer, too, I know." She blushed, I think. I know I did. Now, excuse my freedom," continued my new acquaintance; I'm a plain man. We'll make a pleasant day of it. Just tell us a few of your adventures; I know you have lots of them ; and may be I'll give you n few of mine afterward." I was under the influence of that demon of a moustache, and, in my infatuation, call ed Frank Gamble to my aid. I gave them all his stories second hand, and a few more. Men whom I had never known I was fool enough to represent us my bosom friends ; tales of the United States Smashers, which had convulsed me with laughter when I heard them, I repeated us incidents of my own experience. I figured as the princi pal actor in the mess scenes of the 120th. The gentleman with the mustache, he with freckles' and be who looked liken parson, all listened will, several others. Mr. Grim- We threw in, " Well, that is capital !" and turned round to the rest for their approval, and we were quite a merry party. I was the lion—the military man. 1 was quite in my glory. Dinner was announced in the saloon; we all went down to it together. f sat beside Miss Grimble and flirted with her. I or dered a bottle of champagne, which cost me five dollars, and Mr. Grimble ordered another. After dinner when the ladies wore gone, I had a third bottle up; and somehow the gentleman with freckles, and the clerical one, all joined in with us, and we swallowed champagne as if it were our usual beverage. We were very merry and talkative ; but I begun to feel a little un comfortable. I had only three dollars left in my pocket, and was afraid I may be called on to stand something more; in which case I shouted have been in a terrible fix. I may remark, by the way, that I carried a one-hundred dollar bank note in my pocket, in trust for my uncle—some un settled account between him and my father —but of course that was sacred. We went on deck again, and smoked together. "And to think," said he with freckles, " that great horse-race comes off in New York to-day. What kind of a book have you?" Now it happened that I had never bet. But I said carelessly, Oh ! so, so ; let roe sec, what was the odds last night. Even?" I said confidently. " Now," said my companion, " I am not a betting man, but I don't mind a five or two on Maccaroni. They will have the winner by telegraph when we get to Phila delphia." " Anything you like," I said recklessly. " I can't spend more than fifty," freckle.; replied, and he boo, ed it. Fifty dollars on a horse I knew nothing about ; and I with only three dollars of my own ! Of course I trembled, and cried off at once? Not a bit. I was a military man with a mustache. I noted it down, and turned the conversation with an easy air, as if fifty dollars, more or less, were a per fect trifle, When I had finished my cigar, and walked back to Miss Grimble, and • talked and flirted with her on the quarter deck, the afternoon sped on, tho light-house rose up before us,and we drew near the har bor. I bad promised to look after the Grimble's baggage, and as I walked toward the pad dle-boxes for that purpose, my friend with the mustache stopped me. "I must beg your pardon," said he. "Front what I have unavoidably heard to day, you belong to the 12.0 th. Now, curi ously enough, it happens that I am going over to the rendezvous of the United States Smashers in a few days, and should be glad of a letter of introduction to that bro ther officer of yours—Sharples ; I heard you mention him. lam hero for a day or two, and will call on you. Where are you putting up?" " Aye, that's a question I was going to ask," said be of the freckles. Ho was close behind us, and so was the clergyman. Somehow this brought the lawyer's office, and my uncle, and the end of my journey at once before me. "Going to stop ?" I said hesitating. "Oh, with some friends of mine." "Are they coming to meet you ?" "No," I said, "I dont suppose they will." "Then I tell you what," went on my freckled acquaintance—he of the mustache had turned suddenly away to my great re lief,•"l tell you what,lve got a capital joke. We've had a jolly passage, and I like you. You're just the fellow for my money. Let's have a little dinner and a bottle of wine to• gather, out of the bet, you know. The win ner to stand it. Send on your things by a boy,and tell them you've met an old friend. Come, is it a bargain?" and ho slapped me on the back. "Hallos! Here we are at the pier," ho continued, before I could answer. "Who's the winner ?" yelling to the crowd. ":lacearoni!" shouted a fellow "By George! Iv'e wou my fifty and lost tho dinner! You can't hang back at any rate—and can't get out of it, nohow. Look after your traps, and we'll be off together." Even at that moment, at the eleventh hour, as it were, I inight have been saved. The man of freckles I felt to be a sharper ; green as I was I know it. But there I stood owing him fifty dollars, and only my uncle's bank note in my pocket. Any thing, however to postpone payment. Per haps I could appeal to his generosity after a glass of wine ; perhaps— But by the time I bad got thus far, the Grimbles had bidden me good by, and I was off with my tempter to the hotel. I en tered it and was lost ! What n luxurious dinner!-several sources a good deal of wine, punch afterward. The bill said so, and I believe it was correct. I drank recklessly to drown the pricltings of conscience, until at last, with an imbecile smile, as if I liked it, I actually took out the note to pay the fifty dollars. My com panion gave me fifty in exchange. How long the orgio lasted I don't know. I remember my companion asking me to excuse him for a minute, and going out. I recollect of beino dimly . .... 457.: was alone, and sleepy. I suppose 7 ,41:. sloop A rude shake awoke me. There was quite a crowd—the landlord, several wait ers, two policemen, and a background of curious spectators. In front—could it be real?—was my silent friend of the steamer, who was so like a parson. "James Moss, I arrest you as n swindler and utterer of base coin. It's no use mak ing any fuss, so give yourself up quietly." Was he addressing me? or was it all a horrid nightmare? I tried to collect my self. There he was speaking again." "The game's up, my man. Not badly played, but lost. Where's your companion eh?" Somebody—the landlord, I suppose—in timated he had left, saying I would settle the bill. "Then I pity you, that is all," said the friend iu black. "Search him, officers." No, it should never come to that. I found voice at last—l found limbs. With the for mer I protested my innocence ; with the latter I believe I made an attempt to es cape. lam sensible I was much knocked about. At last I found myself, bruised, hoarse, and—O, ye powers !—handcutred, hold down in a chair, while my pockets were being searched and emptied. Out came the fifty dollars which remained of my uncle's note. Time man in black pounc ed upon them, looked at them, examined them, and threw them on the table and laughed. "I thought so. Counterfeit every one of them. How much for your dinner, land lord ? Take him away, my men." The truth flashed on me. The man with freckles was the real Simon Pure; he had swindled me out of my hundred dollars,and I was being sacrificed in his place. But explanations were of no use now. Perhaps my words were little incoherent. Bare headed, the coat half off my back—praying, beseeching, the sorriest wretch on earth—l caught a glimpse of myself in the mirror. I was hurried through the streets, thronged with pleasure•seekers enjoying the calm summer evening. Amid au applauding, excited crowd, who would hardly let us pass—beads thrust out of windows above— people struggling for a view—l was dragged between the two policemen, personifying the reputed counterfeiter and cheat, James $2,00 Per Year, in Advance; $2.50 if not Paid in Advance. Moss. Some ladies and gentlemen were at an open window. What do I perceive? The Grimbles! and with them—yes,it must be—l see her, and she recognizes me; they all do—Arabella! A shriek, and Mr. Grim ble's "Bless my soul!" were the last sounds I heard as I fainted. Early next morning I was taken to the Police court. To my torn,begg,arlY appear ance of the previous evening was ad ded the seedy, sodden look produced by a night's lodging in the cell. Everything about me was wretchedness. How I revil ed that abominable mustache, the cause of all my woes! I implored the jailer to cut it off for me, or let me do it myself; but no. "You'll have it off fast enough, my fine - fellow, when you get sent up," ho remark ed, "and your hair is a bit shorter." Oh ! the unutterable shame and misery as I looked around the crowded court. Ara bella and Miss. Gritnble were not there, but half the town was; my uncle, and Mr. Grhnble, and the gentleman with the mus tache, and my clerical captor. The latter spoke first. Ho was a detect ive—William Shaw, as he stated of New York. He had heard that Tames Moss was coming over to Philadelphia the day before. Took a passage in the same steamer. The description of Moss put into his hands was, "young man, sunburnt, has a look of in temperance, a large mustache, talks loud, passes himself off as a military 101111. lle appealed to the court to satisfy himself by inspection, with regard to the correspond ence, as to personal appearance. As to manners, he gave evidence that the priso ner had passed liimself off as an officer be fore the whole steamer; had caused every one to notice him ; otferred bets on the race; ordered an expensive dinner at the It— Hotel ; had been apprehended there; re sisted with violence, and was found With $3O counterfeit money (now produced) on his person, For confirmation of this he called upon two gentlemen who had both been repeat edly addressed by the prisoner during the passage, Here he pointed to him with the mustache and Mr. Grimble. The landlord gave the history of the dinner at once. Fi nally he requested leave to carry the priso ner back to New York by the next steamer. That nothing might be wanting, the gen tleman with a mustache came forward. He was an officer of the 120th U. S. Smashers. Re came over from New York with priso ner. Prisoner declared himself to belong to his (the witness') regiment ; he knew it to be a false and determined to expose him. Heard him mention various well-known names in the 120th, coupled with slande rous tales, for the amusement of the whole steamer. Prisoner had oven offered to givo him a letter of introduction to his own brother. My uncle got up. I wished the earth would open and swallow me. He spoke in a cold, mechanical manner, and kept his eyes away from me. I felt my punishment was indeed heavy, when I heard him tell the court that it was from no desire to spare me that lie came forward, but simply from ase Ise of justice. That ho wished from his heart I had really been James Moss, and not what I was—his miserable fool of a nephew. And as I listened, the shame.' had brought on myself overcame me completely. The court, with the mock ing faces in it, seemed to vanish, and I heard, as in a dream, a fierce battle about my identitv,during which it graduallycame out that James Moss was the man with freckles, and I his dupe; and that he had wisely taken the night train to Baltimore. The detective was foaming with rage at having been again buflled by the chief de linquent; the court set me tree, with a stinging reprimand, and the people outside shouted to bring the fellow out that they might duck him. Only ono idea possessed me. I determin ed to leave Philadelphia at once and for ever : to cut off and cast from me that curs ed mustache, and be the sou of my father once more. Let me hasten to an end. At my uncle's request a guard of policemen protected me to the pier; he himself paid my passage. Amid the ironical cheers of the visitors and natives of Philadelphia, I found myselt on board the very boat that had witnessed my folly; even the deck-hands grinnad as I rushed headlong into the cabin, never to come up again till we reached New York. 'What need to say more? I lost Arabella; I lost my situation and my uncle's favor at the same time; I was disgraced at home and abroad; and all—l pledge you my word—all through a mustache. WHAT DID THE, MAN SAY? A. man scene in court, with a stupid wit ness. A. man had been caught in the act or theft, and pleaded in extenuation that ho was drunk. Gourt—(to the policeman, wbo - ness)—" What did the tn..- %vas t say when you • • nun ?" Witness—'• He said: - tie was drunk." Court— "I want his exact words, just as he uttered them ; he didn't use the pronoun he, did ho? He didn't say `he was drunk."' Witness—Oh, yes, he did—he said he was drunk; he acknowledged the corn." Court—(getting impatient at the witness' stupidity)—" You dont understand me at nll ; I want the words as ho uttered them ; didn't he say, "I was drunk ?' " Witness—(deprecatingly) —" Oh, no, your honor. Ile didn't say you were drunk ; wouldn't allow any man to charge that upon you in toy presence." Prosecutor—" Pshaw ! you don't compre hend at all. His honor means, did not the prisoner say to you I was drunk ?' " Witness—(reflectively)—" «•ell, he might have said you was drunk, but I didn't hear him." Attorney for prisoner—" What the court desires is to have you state the prisoner's own words, preserving the precise form of pronoun that he made use of in reply. Was it the first person I, second person thou, or the third person be, she or it? Now, then sir, (with severity ; ) upon your oath, didn't toy client say 'I was drunk ?' " Witness—(getting mad) " No he didn't say yotc was drunk either, but if ho had I reckon he wouldn't a lied any. Do you s'pose the poor fellow charged this whole court with being drunk ?" A CORRESPONDI:NT at the seat of war in , Europe says, describing a battle-field after the conflict: " On a mound of earth was a general and aid-de-camp. I approached and found that the former was Do Failly. He was an incapable officer, but he died like a soldier. The grape-shot had torn open his breast to show that he had a heart. Fragments of a shell had fractured his left shoulder, entered the abdomen, shattered the thighs, and ploughed into the forehead. He was so disfigured that had I not been old that it was him, I should never have recognized him." Considering the fact that Do Failly is at present a prisoner at Mayence, sound in body and limb, his powers of recuperation are really quite re markable. It is evident that the writer of the above is not the " reliable correspond ent" of the war. Tiu:ai is a talking machine on exhibition in London. When will woman's rights be respected. [WHOLE NUMBER, 20,858. A DUTCRLIAN'S INSURANCE A story is told of a German who bad tak en. the precaution to insure the life of his wife for five thousand dollars, and his sta ble for nine hundred, believing the former might die and the latter be burnt, and he could not get along without some compen sation for the loss. Both policies had been taken from the same agent. In a few months after the stable had been insured it was destroyed by fire. Shmidt quietly notified the agent, and hinted to him that he would expect the $9OO at the earliest mo ment possible. The agent at once sent a carpenter to ascertain the cost of erecting a new stable of the same dimensions, having ascertained that the property had been in sured for more than it was worth. The builder reported that he could replace the stable with new material for $000; but un fortnnatety there was an ordinance pre venting the erection of frame buildings— the old stable having been of wood. Ho was asked to estimate the cost of a brick stable, and reported the amount at S7.A The agent then notified Shmidt that he would build him a new brick stable in place of the old frame one, but Schmidt be came indignant at the proposition, saying: " I do not understand this insurance bus- ine,,s. I pay you for 4900 and when my stable burn down you make mo a new one. I not want a new slitable. I want nino hundred dollars." Tho agent reasoned with Shmidt, but all to no purpose. When the stable was about finished, Shmidt went to consult a lawyer, thinking he could still get the amount. The lawyer, however, informed him that the company had a right to make good the loss by building a new stable, and express ed surprise at the idea of bringing suit against him. " But," said Shmidt. " I insure for nine hundred dollar and this feller put up dem shtable for seven hundred and fifty—l do not understand this insurance business." Finding that he cold not compel the pay ment by law, he became disgusted with the insurance business altogether. Calling upon the agent, Shmidt said: " Mr. Agent, I want you to stop dent in s.irance on my frog-. I do not pay any more monist] dat way; I do not undershtand this insurance business." Agent (surprised.) " Why, Mr. Shmidt yon are doing a very foolish thing. You have paid considerable on this policy al ready, and if your wife should die you will get $5000." " Yaw, dat is what you tell me now," said Shmidt. " Yen I pays you on my shtable you say I get nine hundred dollars if it burns:down. So it was burnt and you not give me my rnonisb. You say, 'O, dat was an old fram shtable,' and you no pay me mine nine hundred dollars. Yen my frow dies, den you say to me, 'O, she each an old Dutch woman ; sbo not word any dings; I get you a new English wife!" And so I lose mine live thousand dollars. You not fool Shmidt again. I not under stand dis insurance business." NOTHING Ll= GIiABIMAS. Nothing like G rammer ! Better go with out a cow than go without that. There are nur,nberless "professors" who go "tramp, tramp, tramp, my boys !" around the coun try, peddling a weak article, by which "in twenty days" they guarantee to sot a man thoroughly up in the English language. An instance in point from Greenville,Alabams, where a "professor" had labored with the youth of that people, and taught them to dote on grammar according to Morris' system. During one of the lectures the sentence, "Mary milks the cow," was given out to be parsed. Each word had been parsed save one, which fell to Bob L—, a sixteen-year old, near the foot of the class, who commenced thus: "Cow is a noun, feminine gender. singular number, third person, and .stands fur Mary." "Stands for Mary !" said the excited professor. "How do you make that out?" "Because answer ed the noble pupil,'"if the cow didn't stand for Mary, how could Mary milk her?"—Ed itor's Drawer,in Harper's Magazine for Oc tober. A LETTER in the Now York Past, front Germany, gives a harrowing account of the horrors of war. The weeping widows and wailing children surround every railway train in hopes of intelligence concerning husbands and fathers, and the wild cry of grief strikes the ear as sorrow stricken forms telling of death and desolation pass by. The graves in Prussia will be count - le , ss ; the mourning universal. Factories and workshops aro closed, and no smoko ascends from the tall chim,e--- s. Few la ,arten are seen in the fields borers besides T.- - and t).- crops and the vineyards aro neg lected. The summer cloud of tourists has lied, and the numerous hotels are almost entirely deserted. On the Rhine, instead of boats loaded with passengers or heavy with merchandise, a few steamers are only to be noticed, and these with the exception of the Dutch neutral boats, invariably tly the white flag with its red cross of St. John, thus indicating that their solo occupation has become the transportation of the wounded. The business of instruction in the schools is also mainly suspended, and the whole time and energy of the scholars devoted to the preparation of bandages or the scraping, of lint. ART CS WA RD, in ono of his letters, thus gave his idea of" re-organization:" " I never attempted to re-organize my wife but once. I shall never attempt it again. I'd bin to a public dinner, and had allowed myself to be betrayed into drinkin' several people's beanie:, and, wishin' to make 'em as robust as possible, I continued drinkin' their health till my own was af fected. Consekens was, I presented my self at Betsy's bedside late at nito with con siderable Deicer concealed about my per son. I luei somehow got persession of a boss whip on my way home, and remem berin' some cranky ohservashun of . 3lrs. Ward's in the mornin, I snapped the whip putty lively, and in a very loud voice I said : ' Betsy, you need re-organizin.' have come, Itetss, I continued, crackin' the whip over the bed, . I have come to re organize you.' " "I dreamed that nice that somebody had laid a loss-whip over me sev'ril conseku live times; anu when I woke up I found she had. I haint drank much of anything since; and if I ever have another re•organ izin' job on hand, I shall let it out." AN anecdote is related illustrative of the slyness of the Bohemians compared with the simple honesty of the German and the candid unscrupulousness of the Hungarian. In war times three soldiers, of each of these nations, met in a parlor of an inn, over the chimney-piece of which hung a watch. When they had gone the German s a id, "That is a good watch; I wish I had bought it:'''l sm sorry 1 did not take it," said the Hungarian. "I have it in my pocket," said the Bohemian. SALT. tell you how it vas. I drink Mine lager; den I put mine hand on wino head, and dere yes von pain. Den I put mine hand on mine poly, and dero yes anodor pain. Don I put mine band in mine pocket, abd dare vas netting. So I ,iino do dem perance. Now dere is no pain more in mine head,and de pain in mine body vas all goue ava3 - . I put mine hand in mine pocket, and dere vas dweuty dollars. So I slitay mid do demperanco."
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